Heather Phares began working as an editor and writer at All Music Guide in 1999. Prior to that, she was a freelance writer for AMG and served as Music Editor and Arts Editor of The Michigan Daily while attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her other interests include singing, playing guitar, and graphic design. Best of 2005 A-Frames -- Black Forest Architecture in Helsinki -- In Case We Die Art Brut -- Bang Bang Rock & Roll Boduf Songs -- Boduf Songs Broadcast -- Tender Buttons Clor -- Clor Constantines -- Tournament of Hearts Danger Doom -- The Mouse and the Mask Deerhoof -- Runners Four The Fiery Furnaces -- EP Yuichiro Fujimoto -- Kinoe Goldfrapp -- Supernature Gravenhurst -- Fires in Distant Buildings Heikki -- 2 Kelley Polar -- Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens The Kills -- No Wow Ladytron -- Witching Hour LCD Soundsystem -- LCD Soundsystem Maxïmo Park -- A Certain Trigger Roisin Murphy -- Ruby Blue Neon Blonde -- Chandeliers in the Savannah The New Pornographers -- Twin Cinema Out Hud -- Let Us Never Speak of It Again Queens of the Stone Age -- Lullabies to Paralyze Silver Jews -- Tanglewood Numbers Sleater-Kinney -- The Woods Spoon -- Gimme Fiction Vitalic -- OK Cowboy Kanye West -- Late Registration The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Best of 2004 The Fiery Furnaces -- Blueberry Boat Felix da Housecat -- Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever Electrelane -- Power Out Loretta Lynn -- Van Lear Rose A.C. Newman -- Slow Wonder TV on the Radio -- Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes CocoRosie -- La Maison de Mon Rêve Joanna Newsom -- Milk-Eyed Mender Dios -- Dios Scissor Sisters -- Scissor Sisters Max Richter -- Blue Notebooks Wolf Eyes -- Burned Mind The Gris Gris -- The Gris Gris Mouse on Mars -- Radical Connector Liars -- They Were Wrong, So We Drowned The Streets -- A Grand Don't Come for Free Björk -- Medúlla The Organ -- Grab That Gun The Futureheads -- The Futureheads Saturday Looks Good to Me -- Every Night Architecture in Helsinki -- Fingers Crossed Dizzee Rascal -- Showtime Pillows -- Fooly Cooly, Vol. 1: Addict The Hives -- Tyrannosaurus Hives Xiu Xiu -- Fabulous Muscles Deerhoof -- Milk Man Crime in Choir -- The Hoop Tracy + the Plastics -- Culture for Pigeon The Walkmen -- Bows + Arrows Blonde Redhead -- Misery Is a Butterfly Friends of Dean Martinez -- Random Harvest Japancakes -- Waking Hours Mirah -- C'mon Miracle The Mountain Goats -- We Shall All Be Healed Eagles of Death Metal -- Peace Love Death Metal Musical FAQ First Record Bought: Pretty in Pink First Concert: Julio Iglesias Favorite Music Movie: Velvet Goldmine, Quadrophenia, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Favorite Music Book: Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Favorite Songwriter: Burt Bacharach Favorite Producer: Steve Albini, Phil Spector Favorite Arranger: Nelson Riddle Favorite Record Label: 4AD, Matador, Touch & Go, Drag City, Warp, K, DFA, Rough Trade, Domino, Acuarela, Trattoria Favorite Music Writer: Stephen Thomas Erlewine Favorite Magazine: Mojo, Venus, Urb Favorite Album Cover: Loveless Least Favorite Album Cover: Lovedrive Artist Who Broke Your Heart: Pavement Singer Who Makes You Swoon: Julie London, Björk, Karin Oliver, Peggy Lee Favorite Sound: musical saw, theremin, harp Some favorite albums, in no particular order: The Beatles -- White Album The Beatles -- Revolver Kristin Hersh -- Hips and Makers My Bloody Valentine -- Loveless Skip Spence -- Oar The Fiery Furnaces -- Gallowsbird's Bark Daft Punk -- Discovery Boards of Canada -- Music Has the Right to Children Aphex Twin -- Richard D. James Album Pixies -- Surfer Rosa Pavement -- Wowee Zowee The Who -- Sell Out Royal Trux -- Accelerator His Name Is Alive -- Mouth by Mouth Björk -- Homogenic The White Stripes -- De Stijl The Shaggs -- Philosophy of the World Smog -- Red Apple Falls Sonic Youth -- Daydream Nation The Rolling Stones -- Aftermath The Rolling Stones -- Exile on Main St. Television -- Marquee Moon Mirah -- Advisory Committee The Microphones -- The Glow, Pt. 2 Boredoms -- Super Ae Cornelius -- Fantasma The Shins -- Oh, Inverted World Joe Meek -- I Hear a New World Basement Jaxx -- Rooty The Raincoats -- Raincoats Broadcast -- The Noise Made by People Suicide -- Suicide Lisa Germano -- Geek the Girl PJ Harvey -- To Bring You My Love ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide